From: Richard Wordingham (richard.wordingham@ntlworld.com)
Date: Tue Dec 13 2005 - 17:51:06 CST
Mike Ayers wrote:
> Their descriptions should make the algorithm clear. Example:
>
> en_US:
> LIST_CONCAT - ", "
> LIST_TERMCAT - ", and "
> LIST_PAIRCAT - " and "
>
> ["dog", "cat", "pig", "fish"] -> "dog, cat, pig, and fish"
>
> zh_CN:
> LIST_CONCAT - ""
> LIST_TERMCAT - "和"
> LIST_PAIRCAT - "和"
>
> ["大狗", "猫猫", "猪", "鱼"] -> "大狗猫猫猪和鱼"
>
> Would this be sufficient?
No. You couldn't get Senatus Populusque Romanus (SPQR) out of ["Senatus",
"Populus Romanus"]. Of course, in Latin you can always use 'et' between
items. I suspect this problem would be unavoidable with Sanskrit which
similarly has a suffixed '-ca'. Any Sanskritists to advise? And yes, I
know the Google Sanskrit interface - http://www.google.com/intl/sa/ - still
needs a lot of work!
Richard.
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